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For some, self-tracking means more than self-help

  • Written by Joseph Reagle, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Northeastern University
What does all that data mean to you?Andrey_Popov/shutterstock.com

People who identify with the “Quantified Self movement” are, as expressed in the movement’s motto, seeking “self-knowledge through self-tracking.” They want to know how to sleep better, stay fit or have a more productive morning. They do this by keeping...

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How to handle raccoons, snakes and other critters in your yard (hint: not with a thermos)

  • Written by Leslie Burger, Assistant Extension Professor of Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Mississippi State University
Oh-so-cute raccoons can carry diseases and also fight with pets. If you don't want raccoons around, minimize food sources such as bird seed.Nancy Salmon/Shutterstock.com

I heard a local story of a man who, in his excitement to kill a rattlesnake, used the only thing he had available ─ his thermos bottle. The next scene in this drama has the...

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'I still get tweets to go back in the kitchen' – the enduring power of sexism in sports media

  • Written by Michael Serazio, Associate Professor of Communication, Boston College
Lesley Visser was one of the first female television sports reporters – but she's appalled at how little progress has been made.AP Photo/Bill Sikes

The story of the 2019 U.S. women’s national soccer team is not yet written, but its opening chapter – a 13-0 drubbing of Thailand – has inspired American fans hoping for a...

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Rapid DNA analysis helps diagnose mystery diseases

  • Written by Charles Chiu, Professor of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Decoding all the DNA in a patient's biological sample can reveal whether an infectious microbe is causing the disease.ktsdesign/Shutterstock.com

As doctors, we deal with a lot of uncertainty. Often, it is difficult to diagnose what is making a patient sick because symptoms from both infectious and non-infectious diseases can be indistinguishable...

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Fed’s dilemma: Inflation is healthy for the economy – but too much can trigger a recession

  • Written by Richard S. Warr, Professor of Finance, North Carolina State University

In a healthy economy, prices tend to go up – a process called inflation.

While you might not like that as a consumer, moderate price growth is a sign of a healthy, growing economy. And, historically at least, wages tend to go up at about the same pace during periods of inflation.

The U.S. Federal Reserve sees 2% inflation as the sweet spot...

Read more: Fed’s dilemma: Inflation is healthy for the economy – but too much can trigger a recession

Inflation is healthy for the economy – but too much can trigger a recession

  • Written by Richard S. Warr, Professor of Finance, North Carolina State University
Prices may go up – but that's not always a bad thing.AP Photo/Elaine Thompson

In a healthy economy, prices tend to go up – a process called inflation.

While you might not like that as a consumer, moderate price growth is a sign of a healthy, growing economy. And, historically at least, wages tend to go up at about the same pace during...

Read more: Inflation is healthy for the economy – but too much can trigger a recession

Food label nutrition facts matter to you, but don't tell you much about your gut microbes

  • Written by Abigail Johnson, Postdoctoral Associate, University of Minnesota
What nutrients will help the microbes in your gut thrive? Rocketclips, Inc./Shutterstock.com

It seems like every day a new study is published that links the bacteria in the gut to a specific disease or health condition. The allure of research like ours and that of other groups is that it might eventually be possible to give personalized...

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What the ban on gene-edited babies means for family planning

  • Written by Marie Menke, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
When it comes to reproduction, couple have more choices than ever before.Chinnapong/Shutterstock.com

Technology surrounding the human embryo has moved out of the realm of science fiction and into the reality of difficult decisions. Clinical embryologists fertilize human eggs for the purpose of helping couples conceive. The genetic makeup of these...

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What Orwell's '1984' tells us about today's world, 70 years after it was published

  • Written by Stephen Groening, Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, University of Washington
The dominant reading of George Orwell's dystopian novel, "1984" has been that it was a dire prediction of what could be. Denis Hamel Côté, CC BY-SA

Seventy years ago, Eric Blair, writing under a pseudonym George Orwell, published “1984,” now generally considered a classic of dystopian fiction.

The novel tells the story of...

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Companies' self-regulation doesn't have to be bad for the public

  • Written by Scott Shackelford, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Director, Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University
Managing a shared resource doesn't have to involve fences.Caroline Ryan

If Boeing is allowed to certify that a crash-prone aircraft is safe, and Facebook can violate users’ privacy expectations, should companies and industries ever be allowed to police themselves? The debate is heating up particularly in the U.S. tech sector with growing...

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  3. The Defense Department is worried about climate change – and also a huge carbon emitter
  4. The 25th Amendment wouldn’t work to dump Trump
  5. Artificial intelligence-enhanced journalism offers a glimpse of the future of the knowledge economy
  6. E-cig companies use cartoon characters as logos, and new study shows it works
  7. 23% of young black women now identify as bisexual
  8. Minorities face more obstacles to a lifesaving organ transplant
  9. Why Sudan's deadly crackdown on protesters could escalate in coming weeks
  10. Migrants will pay the price of Mexico's tariff deal with Trump
  11. Investigating the investigative reporters: Bad news from Down Under
  12. The struggle to find silence in the ancient monastic world – and now
  13. What advice articles miss about 'summer loss'
  14. The most unpopular presidential election winner ever could win again in 2020
  15. Driverless cars are going to disrupt the airline industry
  16. Trophies made from human skulls hint at regional conflicts around the time of Maya civilization's mysterious collapse
  17. A concise history of the US abortion debate
  18. May jobs report suggests a slowing economy – and possibly an imminent interest rate cut
  19. Climate change alters what's possible in restoring Florida's Everglades
  20. Forget lower jobs growth, the number of people who've stopped looking for work is much more worrisome
  21. Are brain games mostly BS?
  22. School vouchers expand despite evidence of negative effects
  23. How the 'good guy with a gun' became a deadly American fantasy
  24. Convicts are returning to farming – anti-immigrant policies are the reason
  25. Privacy concerns don't stop people from putting their DNA on the internet to help solve crimes
  26. Does hitting the snooze button really help you feel better?
  27. What would happen to Congress if Washington, DC became the 51st state?
  28. What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria
  29. The tell-tale clue to how meteorites were made, at the birth of the solar system
  30. No, Americans shouldn't fear traveling abroad
  31. Women have been the heart of the Christian right for decades
  32. The debate over what ails philanthropy heats up
  33. My students see giving money away as a good thing but they're getting leery of billionaire donors
  34. As more developing countries reject plastic waste exports, wealthy nations seek solutions at home
  35. Spider glue's sticky secret revealed by new genetic research
  36. Antibiotic resistance is not new – it existed long before people used drugs to kill bacteria
  37. Brazilian universities fear Bolsonaro plan to eliminate humanities and slash public education budgets
  38. Will children in your state get the support they need? It depends on the 2020 census
  39. Trump's Mexico tariffs don't make sense, but Americans will pay a steep price anyway if they go into effect
  40. Hackers seek ransoms from Baltimore and communities across the US
  41. How 'America's Got Talent' contestant Kodi Lee shattered stereotypes about disability
  42. Cheaper versions of the most expensive drugs may be coming, but monopolies will likely remain
  43. Climate change is driving rapid shifts between high and low water levels on the Great Lakes
  44. Violence climbs in Colombia as president chips away at landmark peace deal with FARC guerrillas
  45. The racist roots of American policing: From slave patrols to traffic stops
  46. The war on women coaches
  47. What is Eid and how do Muslims celebrate it? 6 questions answered
  48. Angkor Wat archaeological digs yield new clues to its civilization's decline
  49. Big tech surveillance could damage democracy
  50. Is Robert Mueller an antique? The role of the facts in a post-truth era